Our very own Red {source} The Hoosier Wax Museum is the culminating social studies project in the fourth grade. Each student is assigned a famous Hoosier to represent in costume. When Mason told us he was assigned to be Red Skelton, I was happy. The two have similar, spunky personalities. He also had to create […]
Once again it’s time for the culminating project for the fourth grade unit about Native American Indians living in and near Indiana. Looking now at the pictures, it’s clear that Mason and Olan had a vision for how their wigwam would look. They employed creativity, craft and recycled materials and lots of glue. That house […]
It turns out that a fort can be constructed in three afternoons of class time. I had my doubts. When I left them after day one, there was still much to do. Gavin contributed and painted that boat in the back and Mason supplied all the Jamestown figures. He was excited about those and they […]
Mason’s class has been studying the founding of Jamestown in Social Studies. To culminate their studies, the students were asked to build their own replicas of Jamestown. The nice thing about this project was that it was designed to be completed fully in class. All we had to do was bring the supplies. Parents were […]
Today was the last day for the fifth graders to sell their wares in the mini economy project. Walker sold things once or twice in the beginning but over the course of the year, he proved to be more of a consumer. (Too bad I was not able to participate. Making things is my cup […]
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